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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Looking Forward: May

Sometimes it's really hard for me to keep track
of what comes out what month, especially while juggling early reviews
and publisher catalogues and all the other confusing bookish things
bloggers deal with. It's just a LOT OF BOOKS ALL THE TIME. How do you
ever keep them straight?! So on the last day of the month,
I post a guide to what books I'm most looking forward
to in the following month and that you should keep an eye on. So, since
it's the last day in April, here are the May releases most
tempting me.

There are SO. MANY. HUGE. BOOKS. THIS. MONTH. (like seriously, putting this post together made me PANIC at the sheer volume of them) that I'm forgoing a Book of the Month because DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE.

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
OBVS. I've already read it, and it's perfectly Sarah and dark and sexy and twisted, so dark and sexy and twisted that at one scene I got so embarrassed I looked around my perfectly empty apartment just to make sure no one could, um, see into my brain...? IDK, this book is intense.

The Novice by Taran Matharu
I giggle every time I see this cover ("THESE are spirit fingers") but I cannot resist high fantasy shenanigans. I cannot.

May 12th

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
IF I CAN CONVINCE YOU TO RUSH OFF AND BUY/READ/BORROW ONE BOOK ON THIS LIST, MAY IT BE THIS. I'M SLIGHTLY OBSESSED WITH THIS BOOK AND YOU SHOULD BE TOO. LET THE CAPS COMPEL YOU.

Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
This is the week that will kill us all. But this book has a) a gorgeous cover b) is about mental illness an c) seems to be extremely funny, which are all things I like.

Illusionarium by Heather Dixon
STEAMPUNK. GIRLS IN DRESSES. I don't remember the synopsis but I LIKE THOSE THINGS. (I am such a good authority figure.)

Lion Heart by A.C. Gaughen
If I can convince you to rush out and buy/read/borrow another book/series, may it be this one. I LOVE THIS SERIES AND THIS BOOK MADE MY HEART EXPLODE DON'T YOU WANT AN EXPLODING HEART GO READ ITNimona by Noelle Stevenson
NIMONA!!! I read and adored Nimona as a webcomic and I'm so excited to have a full color hard copy with a BONUS EPILOGUE that I'm going to lose itA School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin
Ticking ALL the Gillian Book Love boxes right now

So many good books this month!!!!!!! I loved A Court of Thorns and Roses and The Fill-In Boyfriend! I just started reading The Wrath and The Dawn! I hope I love it as much as everyone else seems to... I feel confident that I will. I also am excited for Love Fortunes and Other Disasters simply because of that cover.

SO MANY BOOOOOOOOKS! I've been SO GOOD this year and only preordered ACOTAR and Lion Heart... trying to hold out for my birthday, secret sister gifts, and random purchases since I have so much to read already. *weeps* But. I neeeeed The Fill-In Boyfriend, I really want to read Crimson Bound and I'm hesitant but curious about Isle of the Descendants! Oh and I requested Lois Lane at the library once the author compared her to Kami Glass. Sold. LOVED LION HEART MY ROBLETTTTTT. I ordered Nimona for my sister actually, she's a huge fan of the artist but hasn't read the comic! It looks awesome! And I have arcs of the Wrath and the Dawn (sounds crazy awesome) and A School for Unusual Girls (total Morgan catnip). P.S. I LOVE YOU LARA JEAN AND PETER K!!!!! You took the swoons right out of my mouth. May is a killer book month, wow.